Sunday Flying Circus Furball

[JGr2/J5_Baeumer]

@1PL-Husar-1Esk While I can't speak to @J5_Klugermann reference to an orgy of individual pilots at the top of a signboard, I can confirm that for the time being it definitely does take 3-4 times the number of pilots flying 5x's as many hours keep slightly ahead of you guys.  That is impressive and 1PL always has our pilots respect, although at the same time I'd like to kindly remind you that that ground scoring is essentially a fraction of the scoring for aerial victories.  It frequently takes many more ground targets to equal a single plane downed.    Still, the red and white checkerboard wreaks fear in many pilots hearts over the front (as does a green tail)!
 

Edited March 21, 2021 by J5_Baeumer

[1PL-Husar-1Esk]

@J5_Baeumer Jasta 5 ground scoring is truly impressive, unfortunately our recon/bomber squadron is live busy and only few can join during organized events,  who know maybe someday it will be as was before.  Lacking our ground forces we are trying to help others scores ground targets but is not as effective do to fog of war. Mutal respect to Jasta 5 as a frends nad foes.  S!

Edited March 21, 2021 by 1PL-Husar-1Esk

[JGr2/J5_Klugermann]

It is beyond my control that Poland is underpopulated. Perhaps it is time to recruit Trupo as that might be the difference.?

 

(IIRC our numbers doubled once the stimulus checks arrived....that's alot of zlotys.)

Edited March 21, 2021 by J5_Klugermann

[JGr2/J5_Baeumer]

Congratulations Entente!

[=IRFC=Gascan]

MIssion 4829, on Lens_afternoon had an especially memorable end. We snuck a flight of four Bristols with the F2 engine and a pair of escorts in. The escorts engaged a lone Halberstadt heading to the front, while we stayed under the trees to hide, hoping the Halby would call for help and draw attention away from us. I spotted a whole flight of maybe 4 or so planes just taking off from La Brayelle, but by some miracle they didn't notice us. It's very nerve-wracking seeing 1, then 2, then 4 enemy machines rising up in front of you. We redirected a bit to the north to avoid them. Good thing, too, since we were accidentally heading right for La Brayelle, and would have flown right into it. Instead, we managed to sneak right past the airfield and smash the fuel dump handily. With the first target destroyed, our final target was the bridge. While reforming to head for the river, a D7 dove in and the fight began. I peeled off to head for the target since I was at the front of the formation, while the rest stayed behind to dogfight. From what I heard it was a hell of a thing, but I'll have to check the recording later since I was busy with a Pfalz (I think, could be D7) following me. I'm not entirely sure, since I was trying to look at the river and map and figure out which branch I needed to follow to reach the bridge. Eventually the other Bristols went down, and they were only too willing to hop in my gunner seat for another opportunity to shoot back. There was some careful coordination between pilot and gunner to keep a steady, clear shot while working around to the west to head for the bridge. Just as I commenced my run, I hit a patch of lag and thought I got disconnected, but the internet sorted itself out and I swooped in to unload a full payload of 112 pound HURLs onto the bridge. I looked back to see if the bombs detonated correctly and saw three Fokkers following me through the cloud of dust and bricks from a blown up bridge. Who wouldn't be happy? I popped off a few flares to celebrate the victory, and looked back to see a camel had latched onto the tail of one of the Fokkers and was driving him off. I turned back to help, but the Camel had his Fokker under control. I circled overhead to stay out of the way, waiting for the map to finish. Of course, this whole time we could see several planes pinging the Entente airfields, so we were pretty sure there were several ground attack missions underway. I'm betting if we hadn't finished the mission then, Central would have won a few minutes later?

 

I also recall an interesting search mission for a pair of planes in our back area. Kotori and I managed to find a pair of Halberstadts attacking our southern factory target. We tried to attack, but the gunners managed to severely wound Kotori and took off my wings after only a couple passes. It kinda points out the fact that I have lots of practice planning attacks across the lines, and very little experience defending a target. I imagine Operation Michael is going to be an eye-opening experience.

 

I saw a couple people get disconnected, but not many. I had several hiccups on my connection, but it mostly straightened itself out and I kept playing. I only got disconnected once, after my pilot was killed escorting the northern recon home.

Edited March 22, 2021 by gascan

[JGr2/J5_Baeumer]

Flying Circus Furball -

 

With significant improvements made to server reducing disco's and eliminating server overload errors, we are increasing player slots from 50 to 55 this week.

 

When: Sunday

Time:  19:00 UTC/GMT (convert to your local time zone)

Where: Flying Circus Flugpark

Type: Dogfights and two-seater missions (drop in & drop out anytime).

Entrance: Everyone welcome, regardless of experience.  Come fly and have fun!

 

Communications - Flugpark Discord: https://discord.gg/h8MRmyN

After Action Reports and Earned Pilot Awards (aka Flugpark Parser) - http://stats.jasta5.org:8000/en/

[JGr2/J5_Baeumer]

[JGr2/J5_Baeumer]

[J2_Trupobaw]

On 3/21/2021 at 3:35 PM, J5_Klugermann said:

It is beyond my control that Poland is underpopulated. Perhaps it is time to recruit Trupo as that might be the difference.?

 

I am making up the difference, one kid at time!

[JGr2/J5_Baeumer]

[JGr2/J5_Baeumer]

Peasant surprise to see such a very high turnout the day after a major campaigns mission! Great fights, especially the Entente recon raid in the south in the last 30 minutes of the mission.

 

 

 

[JGr2/J5_Baeumer]

Congratulations to Entente! 

[JGr2/J5_Baeumer]

Flying Circus Furball -

Come experience the latest mission updates by Sizzlor:

Added: more destroyed villages along the frontline and marked them on the map to help with navigation. And some more other stuff...
Changed: AAA is more accurate now in all missions to help with the spotting of enemy contacts (no laser flak though)

Fixed: flying explosion effects on targets
Fixed: cloud altitude in Lens missions
Fixed: recon bug where you could finish the recon with the plane that respawned after you took the photos with the first plane and the first

 

When: Sunday

Time:  19:00 UTC/GMT (convert to your local time zone)

Where: Flying Circus Flugpark

Type: Dogfights and two-seater missions (drop in & drop out anytime).

Entrance: Everyone welcome, regardless of experience.  Come fly and have fun!

 

Communications - Flugpark Discord: https://discord.gg/h8MRmyN

After Action Reports and Earned Pilot Awards (aka Flugpark Parser) - http://stats.jasta5.org:8000/en/

[JGr2/J5_Baeumer]

When: Sunday

Time:  19:00 UTC/GMT (convert to your local time zone)

Where: Flying Circus Flugpark

Type: Dogfights and two-seater missions (drop in & drop out anytime).

Entrance: Everyone welcome, regardless of experience.  Come fly and have fun!

 

Communications - Flugpark Discord: https://discord.gg/h8MRmyN

After Action Reports and Earned Pilot Awards (aka Flugpark Parser) - http://stats.jasta5.org:8000/en/

[JGr2/J5_Baeumer]

Congrats, Entente!

 

[JGr2/J5_Baeumer]

When: Sunday

Time:  19:00 UTC/GMT (convert to your local time zone)

Where: Flying Circus Flugpark

Type: Dogfights and two-seater missions (drop in & drop out anytime).

Entrance: Everyone welcome, regardless of experience.  Come fly and have fun!

 

Communications - Flugpark Discord: https://discord.gg/h8MRmyN

After Action Reports and Earned Pilot Awards (aka Flugpark Parser) - http://stats.jasta5.org:8000/en/

[JGr2/J5_Baeumer]

[JGr2/J5_Baeumer]

Come see the German's latest wunderbird sure to win the war!

 

When: Sunday

Time:  19:00 UTC/GMT (convert to your local time zone)

Where: Flying Circus Flugpark

Type: Dogfights and two-seater missions (drop in & drop out anytime).

Entrance: Everyone welcome, regardless of experience.  Come fly and have fun!

 

Communications - Flugpark Discord: https://discord.gg/h8MRmyN

After Action Reports and Earned Pilot Awards (aka Flugpark Parser) - http://stats.jasta5.org:8000/en/

[JGr2/J5_Baeumer]

[JGr2/J5_Baeumer]

When: Sunday

Time:  19:00 UTC/GMT (convert to your local time zone)

Where: Flying Circus Flugpark

Type: Dogfights and two-seater missions (drop in & drop out anytime).

Entrance: Everyone welcome, regardless of experience.  Come fly and have fun!

 

Communications - Flugpark Discord: https://discord.gg/h8MRmyN

After Action Reports and Earned Pilot Awards (aka Flugpark Parser) - http://stats.jasta5.org:8000/en/

[JGr2/J5_Baeumer]

When: Sunday

Time:  19:00 UTC/GMT (convert to your local time zone)

Where: Flying Circus Flugpark

Type: Dogfights and two-seater missions (drop in & drop out anytime).

Entrance: Everyone welcome, regardless of experience.  Come fly and have fun!

 

Communications - Flugpark Discord: https://discord.gg/h8MRmyN

After Action Reports and Earned Pilot Awards (aka Flugpark Parser) - http://stats.jasta5.org:8000/en/

[JGr2/J5_Baeumer]

[=IRFC=Gascan]

I had a blast today. I got on just a bit before noon Pacific time and there were already a good 34 people online, but it kept growing. Probably the most memorable sortie I did was a recon escort in a SPAD. Kotori ran the recon and was safely across the lines and diving for home. I spotted something down below the clouds, near Arras. When I zoomed in, I did a doubletake: four or five planes in close formation passing over the city, heading north at about 1 or 1.5km, taking flak. The distinctive wings and tail of a Halberstadt were visible on most of them. The Huns were running a major bombing mission!

I called it out in chat, started my track recorder, then turned south and headed towards them. At this point, I was well above them heading south, while they were heading north. As I passed over them, I rolled over into a steep dive, much longer and faster than I usually do (though some SPADsters pull it off regularly). It was exactly like the Battle of Britain scene from Pearl Harbor: diving right between a formation of bombers, guns blazing, bullets flying everywhere. I fired a couple of bursts with my balloon guns and saw a few hits as I ducked beneath the lead Halberstadt, missing his tail by the skin of my teeth. My radiator got hit immediately, along with minor damage to engine and wings, and it wasn't the most effective attack. I scored hits, but not on the engine or pilot. But at this point, the battle had begun.

I looked back through the stream of radiator fluid and saw four angry Halbies and a Triplane bearing down on me. Then I saw a Camel open up on tail-end Charlie, then a couple more SPADs from above. I had to extend out to avoid fire from the angry Fokker, but he seemed to have bigger concerns than a damaged SPAD. This allowed me to circle back around, nursing my wings with the gentlest of turns. I was able to make a couple more firing runs, but someone's tail gunner shot me up some more while egressing to the east, so I finally gave up and headed home. I saw a number of additional German fighters come in to the fight after the bombers were hit, including a Pfalz that chased me off of a retreating Halby (the gunner shredded me pretty good, too). Not sure where they were before, it might have helped the bombers get through.

That flight was all anyone talked about for the next ten minutes. Although the flight was intercepted, it resulted in a great fight and a truly remarkable experience for me (I had to remark on it here). Salute to you all! I can't wait to do the same thing in Breguets and DH-4's.

 

Eyes on the Prize:

 

Diving in on the target:

 

The second burst of fire:

 

A furious exchange of gunfire:

 

I kicked the hornets nest:

Edited July 26, 2021 by gascan
Adding screenshots, formatting for clarity

[JGr2/J5_Baeumer]

When: Sunday

Time:  19:00 UTC/GMT (convert to your local time zone)

Where: Flying Circus Flugpark

Type: Dogfights and two-seater missions (drop in & drop out anytime).

Entrance: Everyone welcome, regardless of experience.  Come fly and have fun!

 

Communications - Flugpark Discord: https://discord.gg/h8MRmyN

After Action Reports and Earned Pilot Awards (aka Flugpark Parser) - http://stats.jasta5.org:8000/en/

[=IRFC=Gascan]

Great fun today. When I first hopped online, Central was outnumbered by about 5 players, so I joined them. As soon as I got a plane up and running, Central was up by 2 players, but oh well. I ran the recon missions, starting with the northern one. It was mostly uneventful. On the way back, I saw a ground attack going in against one of the front line targets, I think the ship. Very cool to watch from up above, and it cut down on the flak I had to worry about.

My second flight was the southern recon mission. This is where most Entente activity was noted, so I made sure to put out the word that a recon was going out and asked for escorts. GNC_Pablo_53 and Kotori answered the call, and =LD=BlackKnight (having been shot down after destroying the northern factory) flew as a decoy. It took a bit to climb to altitude. BlackKnight kept lagging behind, and we couldn't figure out why. Looking at the parser, he had twin forward and aft machine guns, as well as the cockpit light and 90% fuel. I think he misheard me: I like to run recons slick (no extra guns) with about 90 liters of fuel (about 58%) in case my tank gets holed.

We crossed the lines just south of Arras, trying to avoid attention from the airfield. We had just seen a big brawl north of the river when we were forming up, so we were hoping that everyone was too shot up to chase us down. It didn't quite work out: two contacts were spotted climbing up in the gaps between clouds heading for the recon target zone. I initially missed the recon target because a big fluffy cloud was blocking my view of the approach, so I turned south looking for it. This worked out well, because the two enemy planes were just beneath me to the north.

Pablo led the charge, followed by Kotori, both working to keep the SE5's busy while I took my photos. After the first pass, Kotori IDed them as 76 Squadron, saying that "Father Ted just hung me pretty good." Every time I poked my head over the side to line up another pass, I saw the dogfight below, tracers flying every direction. I don't know for sure what happened, but it looks like Wellington shot up Pablo, and may have jammed a control surface pretty badly. Kotori was wounded early on, but hung on for another 3 minutes or so. Then BlackKnight popped out of a cloud just a bit beneath me, and started making pretend passes over the target. Turns out this was just what I needed. Kotori and Pablo were both down right about the time I finished my last photo run, so the two Halbies both turned for home. Being the closer target, BlackKnight was the obvious choice to shoot at. Kotori jumped in his gunseat while he was taking fire from an overwing Lewis gun, but the fight that developed did not go well. It was enough for me to escape cleanly, however. When Wellington asked if the second Halberstadt was the recon, I had to respond with a bit of taunting, blowing a raspberry all the way back across the lines. I think around this same time another big dogfight was breaking out just north of Arras near the balloon, which I watched fade into the distance.

With all the frontline targets gone, all we had left was a factory down south. BlackKnight and Kotori took off in a pair of Halbies, while I followed up in a D7F decked out in Gardimus' colors (mine is still in progress). J5_Wolff woordinated between our flight and the other kette to make sure the bombers could make it through. There was a bit of a fight on the German side on the way out, but it cleared up before I could join in. I ended up following a SE5 up to the lower level of clouds. I figured he was dragging me, and sure enough I found another plane coming in from the north. Turns out it was a Nieuport, although I only figured that out later. The SE5 (VeltroRoF), Nieuport (94th_Vernon), and later a SPAD (Grizzly3006) all made passes at me, and I happily returned fire. I thought the fight was actually going ok, but the bombers finished off the last target. Last I saw Veltro was firing flares at me, and I fired a few back to celebrate the end of the war.

The next mission still had about 7 or so people on each side, so Kotori and I grabbed a pair of SE5's from the dogstart airfight. We headed out and bombed the southern tanks, then joined Oliver and Mitchell on the RNAS10 discord. I found an unsuspecting Albatros as we linked up near the south river, and Kotori called out a pair of flying razors heading for our balloon. Oliver made the opening pass on the Alby, then let me finish it off. The two D8's took out our balloon, then Kotori and the AI SE5 defender engaged them in return. One of the D8's suffered an engine failure, and was finished off by Oliver when we finally arrived on scene. During the meanwhile, Kotori fought for his life with a persistent D8. When I finally got close enough, he set up a drag and bag. I got a solid burst in and he fell out of the sky with jammed controls and crashed.

At this point, Kotori went home to get a new machine, while Oliver and MItchell and I continued the patrol. Heading back south, we found the same Albatros heading for our southern artillery position, so I engaged him. We exchanged fire, then MItchell got in position and chopped him into matchwood with a quick burst. We now continued south east toward the German artillery. We saw a pair of fighters just taking off from their southern airfield, probably the two D8's we had faced earlier. I descended and made a pass on the arty to get their attention and try to pull them down for our two Camels, but they didn't go for the obvious bait. Instead, they tangled with Oliver and Mitchell. Oliver collided with one, killing them both, but Mitchell was able to gain the advantage and finish off his opponent. I turned back to the arty and saw the AI Abaltros defender had spawned, so I easily dispatched it. I then finished off the remaining artillery pieces with the last of my vickers ammo while Mitchell provided high cover.

While I was egressing the area and Oliver and Kotori were returning to the front, we found another Albatros crossing the lines. I think he was looking at me, but spotted Kotori in time to make a head to head pass. They barely collided, with just the wingtips touching, but Kotori quickly fell to pieces. The Alb was more fortunate. It was clear he was damaged, but still had full control and was trying to fight back, so Oliver and I pressed the attack. Oliver scored some good hits, then the Alb got on his tail. He dragged the Alb so I could fire most of my last drum of ammo into the hun, who's wing finally broke.

After that, we all headed home. I ended that sortie with 4 plane kills (3 player 1 AI), 1 tank kill, and 4 artillery guns killed. Kotori and I swapped out for Camels, then Oliver and I saved a lone SE5 from a marauding Dr1. Kotori caught up while Mitchell was heading home, and spotted a Halby attacking our arty. The three of us dove in and quickly finished him off. Since he was so low, he survived the crash and his gunner fired at Oliver, damaging his engine. On the way back home, we found a D7F lurking near a bombed out village. I can only imagine the expression on his face when three Camels in line abreast opened fire on him at the same time. Afterward, he commented he "dove into a hornets nest."

We landed again and refreshed our planes, taking the opportunity to make a track of the four Camels taking off and flying together. I'll try to grab some screenshots later. While heading back to the front, we saw a couple planes over the front taking flak, but they headed north into the dogstart airfight. We decided to follow them, and got into a great series of fights against mostly players. I remember downing an Albatros, then diving into a swarm of planes. I followed a Dr1, but kept placing my bullets just to the left of the pilot. Just a bit more rudder and he'd have died ten times over! I think Oliver ended up in a similar situation following an Albatros: couldn't quite get in position to finish him off, and pilot getting tired from all the G's. I lost track of Kotori and Mitchell, and eventually I got shot up when a pair of Halbies joined in. After that we all started spawning at the dogstart airfight to get into the fights faster. There were a bunch of great fights, but I can't remember them all. Eventually we had to call it a night, but I really had a blast.

[RNAS10_Mitchell]

12 hours ago, gascan said:

Great fun today. When I first hopped online, Central was outnumbered by about 5 players, so I joined them. As soon as I got a plane up and running, Central was up by 2 players, but oh well. I ran the recon missions, starting with the northern one. It was mostly uneventful. On the way back, I saw a ground attack going in against one of the front line targets, I think the ship. Very cool to watch from up above, and it cut down on the flak I had to worry about.

My second flight was the southern recon mission. This is where most Entente activity was noted, so I made sure to put out the word that a recon was going out and asked for escorts. GNC_Pablo_53 and Kotori answered the call, and =LD=BlackKnight (having been shot down after destroying the northern factory) flew as a decoy. It took a bit to climb to altitude. BlackKnight kept lagging behind, and we couldn't figure out why. Looking at the parser, he had twin forward and aft machine guns, as well as the cockpit light and 90% fuel. I think he misheard me: I like to run recons slick (no extra guns) with about 90 liters of fuel (about 58%) in case my tank gets holed.

We crossed the lines just south of Arras, trying to avoid attention from the airfield. We had just seen a big brawl north of the river when we were forming up, so we were hoping that everyone was too shot up to chase us down. It didn't quite work out: two contacts were spotted climbing up in the gaps between clouds heading for the recon target zone. I initially missed the recon target because a big fluffy cloud was blocking my view of the approach, so I turned south looking for it. This worked out well, because the two enemy planes were just beneath me to the north.

Pablo led the charge, followed by Kotori, both working to keep the SE5's busy while I took my photos. After the first pass, Kotori IDed them as 76 Squadron, saying that "Father Ted just hung me pretty good." Every time I poked my head over the side to line up another pass, I saw the dogfight below, tracers flying every direction. I don't know for sure what happened, but it looks like Wellington shot up Pablo, and may have jammed a control surface pretty badly. Kotori was wounded early on, but hung on for another 3 minutes or so. Then BlackKnight popped out of a cloud just a bit beneath me, and started making pretend passes over the target. Turns out this was just what I needed. Kotori and Pablo were both down right about the time I finished my last photo run, so the two Halbies both turned for home. Being the closer target, BlackKnight was the obvious choice to shoot at. Kotori jumped in his gunseat while he was taking fire from an overwing Lewis gun, but the fight that developed did not go well. It was enough for me to escape cleanly, however. When Wellington asked if the second Halberstadt was the recon, I had to respond with a bit of taunting, blowing a raspberry all the way back across the lines. I think around this same time another big dogfight was breaking out just north of Arras near the balloon, which I watched fade into the distance.

With all the frontline targets gone, all we had left was a factory down south. BlackKnight and Kotori took off in a pair of Halbies, while I followed up in a D7F decked out in Gardimus' colors (mine is still in progress). J5_Wolff woordinated between our flight and the other kette to make sure the bombers could make it through. There was a bit of a fight on the German side on the way out, but it cleared up before I could join in. I ended up following a SE5 up to the lower level of clouds. I figured he was dragging me, and sure enough I found another plane coming in from the north. Turns out it was a Nieuport, although I only figured that out later. The SE5 (VeltroRoF), Nieuport (94th_Vernon), and later a SPAD (Grizzly3006) all made passes at me, and I happily returned fire. I thought the fight was actually going ok, but the bombers finished off the last target. Last I saw Veltro was firing flares at me, and I fired a few back to celebrate the end of the war.

The next mission still had about 7 or so people on each side, so Kotori and I grabbed a pair of SE5's from the dogstart airfight. We headed out and bombed the southern tanks, then joined Oliver and Mitchell on the RNAS10 discord. I found an unsuspecting Albatros as we linked up near the south river, and Kotori called out a pair of flying razors heading for our balloon. Oliver made the opening pass on the Alby, then let me finish it off. The two D8's took out our balloon, then Kotori and the AI SE5 defender engaged them in return. One of the D8's suffered an engine failure, and was finished off by Oliver when we finally arrived on scene. During the meanwhile, Kotori fought for his life with a persistent D8. When I finally got close enough, he set up a drag and bag. I got a solid burst in and he fell out of the sky with jammed controls and crashed.

At this point, Kotori went home to get a new machine, while Oliver and MItchell and I continued the patrol. Heading back south, we found the same Albatros heading for our southern artillery position, so I engaged him. We exchanged fire, then MItchell got in position and chopped him into matchwood with a quick burst. We now continued south east toward the German artillery. We saw a pair of fighters just taking off from their southern airfield, probably the two D8's we had faced earlier. I descended and made a pass on the arty to get their attention and try to pull them down for our two Camels, but they didn't go for the obvious bait. Instead, they tangled with Oliver and Mitchell. Oliver collided with one, killing them both, but Mitchell was able to gain the advantage and finish off his opponent. I turned back to the arty and saw the AI Abaltros defender had spawned, so I easily dispatched it. I then finished off the remaining artillery pieces with the last of my vickers ammo while Mitchell provided high cover.

While I was egressing the area and Oliver and Kotori were returning to the front, we found another Albatros crossing the lines. I think he was looking at me, but spotted Kotori in time to make a head to head pass. They barely collided, with just the wingtips touching, but Kotori quickly fell to pieces. The Alb was more fortunate. It was clear he was damaged, but still had full control and was trying to fight back, so Oliver and I pressed the attack. Oliver scored some good hits, then the Alb got on his tail. He dragged the Alb so I could fire most of my last drum of ammo into the hun, who's wing finally broke.

After that, we all headed home. I ended that sortie with 4 plane kills (3 player 1 AI), 1 tank kill, and 4 artillery guns killed. Kotori and I swapped out for Camels, then Oliver and I saved a lone SE5 from a marauding Dr1. Kotori caught up while Mitchell was heading home, and spotted a Halby attacking our arty. The three of us dove in and quickly finished him off. Since he was so low, he survived the crash and his gunner fired at Oliver, damaging his engine. On the way back home, we found a D7F lurking near a bombed out village. I can only imagine the expression on his face when three Camels in line abreast opened fire on him at the same time. Afterward, he commented he "dove into a hornets nest."

We landed again and refreshed our planes, taking the opportunity to make a track of the four Camels taking off and flying together. I'll try to grab some screenshots later. While heading back to the front, we saw a couple planes over the front taking flak, but they headed north into the dogstart airfight. We decided to follow them, and got into a great series of fights against mostly players. I remember downing an Albatros, then diving into a swarm of planes. I followed a Dr1, but kept placing my bullets just to the left of the pilot. Just a bit more rudder and he'd have died ten times over! I think Oliver ended up in a similar situation following an Albatros: couldn't quite get in position to finish him off, and pilot getting tired from all the G's. I lost track of Kotori and Mitchell, and eventually I got shot up when a pair of Halbies joined in. After that we all started spawning at the dogstart airfight to get into the fights faster. There were a bunch of great fights, but I can't remember them all. Eventually we had to call it a night, but I really had a blast.

Nice write up. Was good fun for sure, and enjoyed flying with you all. S!

Edited August 2, 2021 by RNAS10_Mitchell
adding Screen Shot

[JGr2/J5_Baeumer]

When: Sunday

Time:  19:00 UTC/GMT (convert to your local time zone)

Where: Flying Circus Flugpark

Type: Dogfights and two-seater missions (drop in & drop out anytime).

Entrance: Everyone welcome, regardless of experience.  Come fly and have fun!

 

Communications - Flugpark Discord: https://discord.gg/h8MRmyN

After Action Reports and Earned Pilot Awards (aka Flugpark Parser) - http://stats.jasta5.org:8000/en/

[JGr2/J5_Baeumer]

Returning to normal programming on Sunday including new plane set released this week!

 

When: Sunday

Time:  19:00 UTC/GMT (convert to your local time zone)

Where: Flying Circus Flugpark

Type: Dogfights and two-seater missions (drop in & drop out anytime).

Entrance: Everyone welcome, regardless of experience.  Come fly and have fun!

 

Communications - Flugpark Discord: https://discord.gg/h8MRmyN

After Action Reports and Earned Pilot Awards (aka Flugpark Parser) - http://stats.jasta5.org:8000/en/

[JGr2/J5_Baeumer]

Great Fights!!!

 

 

Server Maxed out at one point at 70 and in 60's much of the mission!

 

 

Edited August 15, 2021 by J5_Baeumer

[JGr2/J5_Baeumer]

Great flights and fights today once more!  Topped out at 63.  Also, a lot of fliers stuck around for the second mission as well.  Having two missions back to back with 70+ players is unusual in a very positive way!

 

[JGr2/J5_Baeumer]

When: Sunday

Time:  19:00 UTC/GMT (convert to your local time zone)

Where: Flying Circus Flugpark

Type: Dogfights and two-seater missions (drop in & drop out anytime).

Entrance: Everyone welcome, regardless of experience.  Come fly and have fun!

 

Communications - Flugpark Discord: https://discord.gg/h8MRmyN

After Action Reports and Earned Pilot Awards (aka Flugpark Parser) - http://stats.jasta5.org:8000/en/

[JGr2/J5_Baeumer]

When: Sunday

Time:  19:00 UTC/GMT (convert to your local time zone)

Where: Flying Circus Flugpark

Type: Dogfights and two-seater missions (drop in & drop out anytime).

Entrance: Everyone welcome, regardless of experience.  Come fly and have fun!

 

Communications - Flugpark Discord: https://discord.gg/h8MRmyN

After Action Reports and Earned Pilot Awards (aka Flugpark Parser) - http://stats.jasta5.org:8000/en/

[JGr2/J5_Hotlead]

Had a blast on Flugpark today! Despite having some technical issues with our Discord channel in the middle, our squad was able to all connect on the Flugpark Discord. (Shout out to Jasta 5 for providing the Discord server and the Flugpark multiplayer server too! ?)

 

Today, JG1 fielded 6 pilots. We had action low early on where we nearly lost JG1_Loopy. However, Loopy cheated the reaper and survived an attack by two bandits until we could arrive. ? The next mission, we hit some ground targets and had a cat and mouse game with three high Bristols. All in all, it was great to fly with my wingmen again! ?

 

You can view our full livestream here:

https://www.twitch.tv/videos/1146879081

[=IRFC=Gascan]

It was definitely a good day. Lots of action down south. Every time I tried to climb up and push across the lines, I'd find another group of Huns either already diving in on top of me or climbing up to match me. Many fights with 3, 4, or even more planes on each side. I also saw many names I either haven't seen before or haven't seen very often.

[JGr2/J5_Baeumer]

When: Sunday

Time:  19:00 UTC/GMT (convert to your local time zone)

Where: Flying Circus Flugpark

Type: Dogfights and two-seater missions (drop in & drop out anytime).

Entrance: Everyone welcome, regardless of experience.  Come fly and have fun!

 

Communications - Flugpark Discord: https://discord.gg/h8MRmyN

After Action Reports and Earned Pilot Awards (aka Flugpark Parser) - http://stats.jasta5.org:8000/en/

[JGr2/J5_Baeumer]

Pretty good fun today by a large group of players for a good long time!  Congrats on both teams for pulling out mission wins!

 

[JGr2/J5_Baeumer]

When: Sunday

Time:  19:00 UTC/GMT (convert to your local time zone)

Where: Flying Circus Flugpark

Type: Dogfights and two-seater missions (drop in & drop out anytime).

Entrance: Everyone welcome, regardless of experience.  Come fly and have fun!

 

Communications - Flugpark Discord: https://discord.gg/h8MRmyN

After Action Reports and Earned Pilot Awards (aka Flugpark Parser) - http://stats.jasta5.org:8000/en/

[JGr2/J5_Baeumer]

Server jammed and packed with 70 pilots for 1 1/2 hours!  Rock solid, with no overload messages!  Epic engagements! 
This may be a record for number of player accounts (114) in a single Flying Circus mission!
Thank you to @J99_Sizzlorr for his mission updates. 
Welcoming @No.42_Flatspin and 42nd Squadron to the Flugpark parser squad list!

 

 

Edited November 14, 2021 by J5_Baeumer

[J2_Seya]

Today was a blast. Some amazing two seater pilots and gunners

[JGr2/J5_Baeumer]

When: Sunday

Time:  19:00 UTC/GMT (convert to your local time zone)

Where: Flying Circus Flugpark

Type: Dogfights and two-seater missions (drop in & drop out anytime).

Entrance: Everyone welcome, regardless of experience.  Come fly and have fun!

 

Communications - Flugpark Discord: https://discord.gg/h8MRmyN

After Action Reports and Earned Pilot Awards (aka Flugpark Parser) - http://stats.jasta5.org:8000/en/